eth0 not found on Optiplex 760 after FC9 install

Richard Vaughn

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Jun 22, 2009, 3:42:14 PM6/22/09

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Brand-new Dell Optiplex 760.
Installed Fedora Core 9 from DVD.
After boot, eth0 device not found.

When I try "ifconfig eth0", I get:
"eth0: error fetching interface information".

When I run "ifconfig" w/ no options, I get info on local loopback
only.

I have installed FC9 on other older Dell PC's w/ no problem.
Dell Tech support told me this:
"you should contact linux."
"we ship out machines with linux but we don't support them."

Any idea why no eth0 and what to do about it?

Thanks,
-Richard Vaughn

Tauno Voipio

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Jun 22, 2009, 3:45:59 PM6/22/09

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Did you try

ifconfig -a

See ifconfig man page.

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Randy Yates

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Jun 22, 2009, 4:47:55 PM6/22/09

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Richard Vaughn <rvau...@gmail.com> writes:

> Brand-new Dell Optiplex 760.
> Installed Fedora Core 9 from DVD.

Why? You're two full versions back - F11 just came out a couple of weeks
ago.

I would wander over to the #fedora irc channel and ask there. A quick
google reveals that there are others who have recently had problems with
Fedora and the 760, e.g., here:

http://www.nabble.com/Strange-behaviour-running-latest-rawhide-on-Dell-Optiplex-760-td22957139.html

--Randy

> After boot, eth0 device not found.

>
> When I try "ifconfig eth0", I get:
> "eth0: error fetching interface information".
>
> When I run "ifconfig" w/ no options, I get info on local loopback
> only.
>
> I have installed FC9 on other older Dell PC's w/ no problem.
> Dell Tech support told me this:
> "you should contact linux."
> "we ship out machines with linux but we don't support them."
>
> Any idea why no eth0 and what to do about it?
>
> Thanks,
> -Richard Vaughn

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Mark Hobley

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Jun 22, 2009, 5:08:02 PM6/22/09

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In comp.os.linux.misc Richard Vaughn <rvau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brand-new Dell Optiplex 760.
> Installed Fedora Core 9 from DVD.
> After boot, eth0 device not found.
>
> When I try "ifconfig eth0", I get:
> "eth0: error fetching interface information".
>
> When I run "ifconfig" w/ no options, I get info on local loopback
> only.

Have you loaded the ethernet driver module for the network card?

modprobe e1000e

Mark.

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Allen Kistler

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Jun 22, 2009, 7:18:02 PM6/22/09

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Richard Vaughn wrote:
>
> [snip]

>
> Dell Tech support told me this:
> "you should contact linux."
>

> [snip]

I like that one especially.

You should have asked them if they knew if Linux has a website or an 800
number.

Mike Tomlinson

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Jun 28, 2009, 4:16:54 AM6/28/09

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In article <58cfc07b-c7a9-465c...@l34g2000vbi.googlegroup
s.com>, Richard Vaughn <rvau...@gmail.com> writes

>When I try "ifconfig eth0", I get:
>"eth0: error fetching interface information".

Does 'lspci' show the actual hardware?

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Marten Kemp

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Jun 28, 2009, 7:02:37 AM6/28/09

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Look for eth1 - I was dinking around with an older PC
(don't remember make/model right now) and I had a heckuva
time until I discovered that the built-in network port
showed up as eth1 instead of eth0.

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The Natural Philosopher

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Jun 28, 2009, 9:35:56 AM6/28/09

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Yup. Gotta laptop here and it shows up as eth1, and eth2 is the radio
wifi bollocks.

Why? Don't ask me.

Allen Kistler

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Jun 28, 2009, 12:59:20 PM6/28/09

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See if there's an eth0 in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.

udev shouldn't skip eth0 unless it thinks there already is an eth0.